Corner brush



Patented Mar. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY CAVE, F HARTFORD, ANI) CURTISS F. SMITH, OF WEST HARTFORD, CON- NECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO THE FULLER BRUSH COMPANY, 0F HARTFORD, CON- NECTICUT, .A CORPORATION 0F CONNECTICUT CORNER BRUSH Application filed December 13, 1927. Serial No. 239,787.

Our invention relates to that class of cleaning implements having short handles to enable corners and other places difficult of access to be quite readily reached for the removal of dust and dirt, and an object of our invention, among others, is the production of a brush of this character that shall be extremely simple and durable in construction and particularly eflicient for the uses for which it is intended.

One form of a corner brush embodying our invention and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichp Figure l is a side view of our improved corner brush.

Figure 2 is a View in section on a plane denoted by the dotted line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top view of the brush with the outer portion of the handle broken oil".

Y In the accompanying drawings the numeral A5 indicates the handle of our improved corner brush and 6 a frame comprising in effect a head to which bristles 7 are secured.

It is our purpose to provide a brush which will effect the purpose of the `old turkey wing cleaner heretofore employed for reaching into corners and underneath articles of furniture to remove dirt and dust from such places, this brush being particularly shaped to accomplish these ends.

The head 6 is composed of metal that is bent to form a trough shaped structure, the sides of which are closed toward each other to tightly grip the ends of the bristles 7 that are located in t-he groove between said sides.

A strip of this material, with the bristles rmly secured therein, is cut to proper length and this strip is doubled as at 8 to form two sides 9 extending preferably close together and of substantially the same length, the free ends being extended into a hole formed in the end of the handle.

In making brushes from a strip of material like that herein shown, it has heretofore been a diiiicult matter to get a neat and finished i structure at the ends which have been cut and therefore presented a more or less ragged appearance, and caps and similar devices have therefore been employed to cover these ragged and unfinished ends. The present structure in which the bend is provided completes the finish of the brush at this end.

In order to obtain the desired shape in the brush to effect the objects hereinbefore set out, the frame or head 6 is bent upwardly at represent the best embodiment thereof; but

we desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set out within the scope of the appended claims.

We claim l. A corner brush including a headformed from a single strip of metal of trough shape with bristles tightly secured therein, said head being cdoubled by a sharp bend at its outer end to form independent sides located close together, and a handle to which the ends of said sides are connected.

2. A corner brush including a head formed from a strip of metal of trough shape with bristles tightly secured therein, said head being doubled at its end to form sides located close together, the said head being bent upwardly at opposite ends'thereof, and a handle to which the upwardly bent portion at one end of the handle is secured.

3. A corner brush Vincluding a head formed from a single strip of material of trough shape with bristles tightly secured therein9 said strip being doubled by a sharp bend at its outer end to forin independent sides` lo-Y cated close together. v

4. A oornerbrush including a head formed from a strip of metal of trough shape With bristles tightly secured therein7 said strip being doubled at its end to forni sides locatet close together, the said head extending up- HENRY (CAVE. CURTISS FQ SMITH.

Wardly at opposite ends thereof. 

